Impacts of vegetation type on soil phosphorus availability and fractions near the alpine timberline of the tibetan plateau polish journal of ecology

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 307-316

  Zhang, Lin ^a   Wu, Yan ^a   Wu, Ning ^a   Luo, Peng ^a   Liu, Lin ^a,b   Hu, Hong Yu ^a,b  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine timberline; Phosphorus availability; Phosphorus fractions; Tibetan plateau; Vegetation type

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CALCIUM; CONIFEROUS FOREST; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MEADOW; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS; SHRUB; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TREELINE; VEGETATION TYPE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 80655137838     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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